awesome but's actually ~13sec

thats pretty quick for sure

I used Intel X25-M SSD and Ubuntu 9.10 64-bit to achieve these results. And it is 10 seconds.

but who cares?

Congratulations, you've convinced me to buy an SSD for my desktop. I can't afford the Intel one but I'll have a look around for a different fast one.

That whole system came up in the same amount of time that it takes me to unsuspend!

Thats petty fast lol. Do you like your SSD Reg?Im thinking about getting one.

I had my copy of vista 64 booting ina bout 15 seconds or less when it was a fresh instal so this is really nothing to brag about

windows 7 boot in less.. obviously

Is the SSD worth it?

Windows 7 64-bit boots in 25 seconds on the same rig.

No way for 25 seconds,I bet my w7 boots in much less ...

I dont know how fast my WinXP boots cause i 'hit the powerbutton', went to the kitchen to grab a coffee and when i come back its ready for use (=

Windows 7 boot fast when the install is new after sometime the boot up time deteriorates when you start installing programs. Even though I just have sound, network in my task bar it takes me 23 secs to get to my desktop. The welcome screen takes hell lot of a time to initialize this is where the task bar programs and background services are loaded I think.

Funny stuff that the stopwatch doesn't record the time it takes the BIOS to post... While it is true that Ubuntu "loads" in 10 seconds, I think it is misleading to say that it boots in 10 seconds. Booting should take into the account the computer actually booting - not just loading the OS.

Either way it's fast.

Rather fast 13.5 seconds.

The actual post prices takes various amounts of time from one system to the other, so it's better to be left out from the measurement. But some terminology rethinking would be welcome.

Dont know how some of you guys get 13 secs unless your counting the time it takes for the user to select the O.S. in which case you would get very random results from person to person.

Im just sipping ma coffee......2mins to boot.

So it is 10secs you anal sods.

after bios process (which takes longer than booting windows)
my system is up and running after ~20 to 25 seconds, using a normal (pretty cheap) harddrive.
so how can your system boot up slower using SSD?

All this obviously depends on the state of the OS.

state of the os?
i do not hibernate the computer.
i turn it completely off.
then power on, wait for bios to go through. then start counting the boot time.
windows loaded means to me i can work, not the first sight of taskbar (although this is the same since vista - i do not have hundreds of background programs running - i start programs when i need em!)

State as in presence of background applications (many programs have additional services user is not even made aware of) and the general state of the OS as windows have the tendency to slow down with time (I'm assuming besides clutter, a number of data corruptions occurs that makes windows respond more slowly).

Hence, a fresh OS will always be faster, especially on boot up and shut down.

MAC Os X boots and starts the desktop as fast as this.. :P

Guyz if u use new asus motherboard and win7.. u get prety nice resoults! When I press power button it takes 9s to fully load desktop =) i could say that this new ubuntu is nothing special

define "new asus motherboard" mine is new, and it takes longer than 9s to come past bios